- Apr 25 Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect, born in London (d. 1753)
- Jun 4 Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, born in Méré, Versailles, France (d. 1774)
- Jun 20 Hans Adolph Brorson, Danish Pietist bishop, born in Randerup, Denmark (d. 1764)
- Jun 24 Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Genevan legal and political theorist, born in Geneva (d. 1748)
- Jun 26 Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, born in Riddarhyttan, Sweden (d. 1768)
- Jul 11 Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, born in Paris (d. 1752)
- Aug 8 Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
- Aug 24 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer and King of Corsica [or 8/25], born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1756)
- Aug 26 Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
- Aug 28 Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Wife of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, born in Wolfenbüttel, Germany (d. 1715)
- Sep 7 Johan Ludvig, Danish politician (Minister of State, 1735-51) (d. 1763)
- Sep 13 Yeongjo of Joseon, 21st king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty, born in Changdeok Palace, Kingdom of Joseon (d. 1776)
- Sep 22 Philip Dormer Stanhope [Lord Chesterfield], English statesman and letter writer, responsible for introducing the Gregorian calendar, born in London (d. 1752)
Henry Pelham (1694-1754)
Sep 25 British Prime Minister (Whig: 1743-54) who introduced the Gin Acts, born in Laughton, England
Voltaire (1694-1778)
Nov 21 French writer, philosopher and playwright (Candide), born in Paris
- Dec 2 William Shirley, British Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (played an important role in Britain’s struggle against France for control of North America), born in Preston, Sussex, England (d. 1771)
- Dec 22 Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1768)